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| u | Version incorporating amendments as at 1 July 1997 |
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| o | TABLE OF PROVISIONS |
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| ry | PART 1—PRELIMINARY | 1 |
| ta | 1. | Short title | 1 |
| n | 2. | Commencement | 1 |
| e | 3. | Act binds Crown | 1 |
| m | 4. | Application of Act | 2 |
| ia | 5. | Definitions | 2 |
| rl | 6. | Acquisition as a consumer | 7 |
| 7. | Acquisition, supply and re-supply | 10 | |
| a | 8. | Leases and licences of land etc. | 11 |
| P | 9. | Loss or damage to include injury | 12 |
| d | 10. | Severability | 12 |
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| a | PART 2—UNFAIR PRACTICES | 13 |
| n | Division 1—Misleading Conduct and False Representations | 13 |
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| ti | 10A. Interpretation | 13 |
10B. Application of provisions of Division to prescribed information
| la | providers | 13 |
| is | 11. | Misleading or deceptive conduct | 16 |
11A. Unconscionable conduct 16
| g | 12. | False representations | 18 |
| e | 13. | False representations etc. in relation to land | 19 |
| L | 14. | False representations in relation to employment | 20 |
| n | 15. | Offering gifts and prizes | 21 |
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| 16. | Misleading conduct in relation to goods | 21 | |
| 17. | Misleading conduct in relation to services | 21 | |
| to | 18. | Bait advertising | 21 |
| 19. | Referral selling | 22 | |
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21. Misleading representations 23 22. Coercion 24
| ts | Division 2—Pyramid Selling Schemes | 24 |
23. Definitions 24
| n | 24. | Offences | 26 |
| e | 25. | Offences by promoters, directors etc. | 29 |
| m | 26. | Rights of recovery | 29 |
| u | 27. | Power to declare certain schemes not to be pyramid selling | |
| c | schemes | 30 |
| o | Division 3—Unsolicited Credit Cards, Goods and Services | 30 |
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28. Unsolicited prescribed cards 30
| ry | 29. | Right to payment for unsolicited goods etc. | 32 |
| ta | 30. | Liability of recipient of unsolicited goods | 35 |
| n | PART 3—ENFORCEMENT AND REMEDIES | 38 |
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| ia | 31. | Interpretation | 38 |
| rl | 32. | Offences | 38 |
| a | Division 2—Powers of County Court | 41 |
| P | 33. | Definition | 41 |
| 34. | Powers of Court | 41 | |
| d | 35. | Special powers of Court | 44 |
| n | 35A. | Power of Court to prohibit payment or transfer of money or other | |
| a | property | 46 |
| n | Division 3—General Power of Courts | 49 |
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| ti | 36. | Repealed | 49 |
| la | 37. | Actions for damages | 49 |
| is | 38. | Findings in proceedings to be evidence | 50 |
| 39. | Conduct by directors, servants or agents | 50 | |
| g | 40. | Defences | 52 |
| e | 41. | Other orders | 54 |
| L | 41A. Appeals | 57 |
| n | Division 4—Powers of Inspectors | 58 |
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| ri | 42. | Powers of inspectors | 58 |
| 43. | Facilitation of inspection | 60 | |
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Section Page Division 6—Repeals and Amendments 61
46. Repeal of parts of Consumer Affairs Act 1972 61
| ts | 47. | Consequential amendment | 62 |
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| m | 1. General Information | 63 |
| u | 2. Table of Amendments | 64 |
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Version No. 021
| ts | Fair Trading Act 1985 |
| n | Act No. 10201/1985 |
| e | Version incorporating amendments as… |